Remember that music controls fiasco when Mango was released and people complained about it having the controls permanently stayed on the lockscreen after playing a song and only disappears until the background agent dies out or the next reboot? Well there were apps to remove it, and now Microsoft listened to their users, and what is the result? Still an issue. Now they've permanently put the music controls together with the volume/profile switcher drop down box. Sure it goes down automatically upon wake, assuming that is what you're after. Problem? While playing a music, and a toast notification comes in, the volume drop down box goes down upon wake from the toast notification, hence blocking the toast. I'm not sure if this behavior is the same in WP8, but WP8 users, try anyway. I actually liked having the music controls on the lockscreen because it gives the artist background a purpose. It shows what song is playing by who, while their model photo is displayed. Now that the controls are removed, it now looks like you just slapped a wallpaper of a random artist. If anyone knows how to put the controls back, please post it. I'm sure there are other WP users out there who'd want the same.